On the day the Big Ten began requiring teams to administer daily rapid COVID-19 testing, it announced partnerships to make its plan a reality.
The 14-team conference enlisted Quidel Corporation to supply coronavirus antigen tests – which will be administered daily to all athletes, coaches and other staffers working in the facilities – and Biodesix to run the testing operations on all campuses where it'll “distribute and manage” each of the tests.
Earlier in September, the Pac-12 also partnered with Quidel.
Daily COVID-19 testing began across the Big Ten on Wednesday. Previously, the testing supplier and manager were not publicly known.